— 🇮🇷 NEW: Pezeshkian's Vice President, Mohammad Reza Aref, was seen posing with Mohammad Ali Najafi, former mayor of Tehran and Minister of Science under President Hassan Rouhani and Minister of Education under Hashemi Rafsanjani
Some of you may think, why does this matter?
Well, Mohammad Ali Najafi was found guilty of murdering his second wife in 2019. He shot her several times, once in the heart, and she was found dead in the bathtub. He confessed to the killing on live TV.
The family initially wanted to apply the Islamic law of 'Qisas' (eye for an eye), and the death penalty was granted. However, the family of the woman later granted him a pardon, saying they forgave him, so he was exempt from the death penalty.
Due to corruption under the reformist government led by President Hassan Rouhani, he was later released from prison on a $240,000 USD bail, allegedly for 'being ill', and he never ended up serving his sentence for possession of the illegal firearm, a Beretta 92, which he used to kill his wife.
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